The large lower forward bulge that was decorative deflector dish had now been filled with an 1800+ damage per second AM array.Ĥ. Corrected spelling :) (Let that be a lesson to you kids. If the Federation ever built a pure warship, it might look something like this.ġ. With the Temugin, I did my best to maximize the firepower of the vessel while maintaining a Star Trek style design. I didn't want to corrupt the design of cannon ships that lacked turrets, but these ships made lovely weapons platforms. In the case of the Antares, it's still based pretty closely on an established Star Trek design.īoth ships are an answer to a recent comment that my ships fared poorly in combat and needed turrets. Each are based on transitional steps while reusing parts of the disk of a Constitution to build a Miranda. After her first tour, the crew of the Temugin agreed this was probably for the best as at least 40% of them admitted the thought of going rogue had crossed their minds.įull Disclosure: This and the Antares were 'Ships of opportunity'. The final condition was that her captain had to be a Vulcan who would select the targets, but that he or she should leave tactical decisions to the XO. To this end, the Temugin as crewed almost exclusively with Humans and Andorians who really enjoyed this sort of sport.

It could be a malfunction, but the turret ten meters from your view-screen makes you doubt. After passing through an ion cloud your dorsal sensors don't clear. Is that an eclipse? No, eclipses don't rain fire on you. She used speed, natural stealth and guile to scare the willies out of her victims. Rated just below the prime directive was the command 'Don't take this damn thing anywhere near the ambassador of any race!' An exception was eventually made for the Andorian and Klingon ambassadors, the latter of whom declared 'Great Kahless! Give me a ship! I want to shoot at it!' This is about the highest compliment a shipwright can ask from a Klingon.Īs a weapon of deterrence, the Temugin and her sisters required a certain sadistic flair for the dramatic among her crew. It was decided that the special application of this vessel required special operating rules. Although these ships were never officially named or numbered, the crews of the two subsequent ships of this class knew their vessels as the Roosevelt and the Sun Tsu. It was logical to have a high-value military asset about which ones enemies had only enough information to throw their plans into doubt. The Federations soft speech did require a 'big stick' to back it up. After nearly a week of arguing, negotiating, and eventually apologizing, an agreement was reached. Provisions orders for a theoretically decommissioned experimental craft tend to raise eyebrows. Highly ordered minds are very good at noticing accounting discrepancies. Each 17x15x5 turret is independently shielded with backup internal power and minimal drive capability, allowing the Temugin to eject her turrets as combat drones Four warp nacelles power 14 heavy turrets. It is the bastard child of a Miranda and an Antares with the power of both and the firepower of a small star base.

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